U.S. soldiers in Iraq marked Memorial Day with ceremonies across the country. While many expressed satisfaction that things are better here, they also spoke of their fallen comrades and said that Iraq is still a dangerous place.

U.S. forces serving in Afghanistan and Iraq remembered friends and colleagues Monday in solemn Memorial Day ceremonies to commemorate all of their nation’s war dead.

Through decades of war in Iraq, Dr. Afan Hawrami has perfected his orthopedic techniques on refugees and soldiers. International aid groups recruited him to work in field hospitals as far afield as Afghanistan and Cambodia. But Hawrami worries that Iraq’s time of violence may not be over.

U.S. forces serving in Afghanistan and Iraq remembered friends and colleagues Monday in solemn Memorial Day ceremonies to commemorate all of their nation’s war dead.

While Iraqi directors are toast of international festivals, domestic film sector struggles to survive.